Disabled Yonkers girl with $2M trust died amid neglect reports

Neglect reported beforedeath; probe continues

9:57 AM,
Dec. 24, 2013

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A severely disabled 8-year-old girl found dead in June 2012 in a Yonkers apartment after years of reported neglect, had a nearly $2.1 million trust that had been established for her care, Westchester County probate records show.

That money, put into a trust after her mother won a medical malpractice settlement, is now part of Alayah-Rose Savarese's estate, which her parents are set to inherit as a criminal probe continues into her death, records show.

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office declined comment Monday on the estate. ...